Due to the integrated wing, the car had thin headlamps that were infamously called "clown-eyes".

[2] The large engine cover and the rear wing are a single carbon fibre piece, allowing easy access to the mechanical components of the car.

[3] The Scighera is based on the 164, and has an all aluminium body, the frame structure is made of aluminium-carbon fibre composite,[4] and powered by an Alfa Romeo 3.0 L (180 cu in) twin-turbocharged V6 engine.

The engine produced a maximum power output of 400 hp (298 kW; 406 PS) at 7,500 rpm and 327 lb⋅ft (443 N⋅m) of torque.

[1] The car is featured in the 1998 racing video game Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit as the Italdesign Scighera, exclusively in the PC version.